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 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - President Michelle Bachelet swore in six new Cabinet ministers Tuesday in a shake-up prompted by a public transportation debacle that has damaged her popularity.
Bachelet, who took office a year ago as Chile's first female president, fired her chief of staff and three other ministers Monday in a bid to stem protests over a botched public transportation system launched six weeks ago in the capital of Santiago.
The Transantiago — a wholesale overhaul of Santiago's antiquated transport system — began badly, leaving large areas of the city of 6 million, especially working-class neighborhoods, virtually without transportation. Protests broke out daily, with angry people blocking traffic and clashing with police.
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